| James Garner hospitalized after stroke |
| from Associated Press/AP Online |
| LOS ANGELES - James Garner's publicist says the veteran TV and film star has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a minor stroke at his home last week. Publicist Jennifer Allen said Tuesday that the star of "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files" was hospitalized Friday. Garner, who turned 80 last month, rose to prominence in the 1950s as "Maverick," a wry riverboat gambler who, unlike his TV contemporaries, would often run rather than fight. |
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| People - 'Girls Like Us' Stirs Bad Memories for Simon |
| from Commercial Appeal, The |
| Carly Simon didn't find it easy reading "Girls Like Us," the nonfiction best-seller which interweaves her life story with those of fellow singer-songwriters Joni Mitchell and Carole King . "I think Sheila did a terrific job and the book is extremely interesting, but it brought back things that I didn't want to remember and from other people's voices," Simon said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. The book offers a behind-the-scenes look at Simon's 1972-83 life- in-a-fishbowl marriage to James Taylor , when they were pop music's reigning royal couple, as she struggled to get him to break his drug habit while raising their two children, Sally and Ben . |
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| One Great Kid |
| from Commercial Appeal, The |
| Name: Alfred L. Motlow III Accomplishments: Student Council, spelling bee and science fair contestant, APEX, accelerated reading, being in the fourth grade and reading on a ninth-grade level. Personal Heroes: Mother Jean, father Alfred L. Motlow Jr., and sister Brittany. |
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| TV Outlook Clouded From Strike Effects |
| from Commercial Appeal, The |
| NEW YORK - Television heads into its biggest week with the hangover from a 100-day writers strike persisting. "The strike had a number of impacts," said Alan Wurtzel, NBC Universal research chief, "but as with everything it's never very clear or direct or black and white." ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC had nearly 9 percent fewer viewers in April and May so far than during the same period a year ago, according to Nielsen Media Research. |
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